After the 29th annual A Taste of Muncie, volunteers, workers and attendees of the event will be able to head down to The Fickle Peach to relax afterward for the first ever free After Taste.
AT ISSUE: The Daily News editorial board evaluates the outgoing Student Government Association executive slate Although Cardinal Connection did not accomplish all of its platform points, the slate succeeded by adapting to solve problems and challenges. In some cases, such as the plan to open Bracken Library for 24 hours during Finals Week, the slate decided a point was not possible.
The Ball State baseball team scored two runs with two outs in the ninth inning to cap off a 3-2, come-from-behind victory over Butler on April 15.
The newly inaugurated Student Government Association president compared his executive board to a virus during its inauguration Wednesday. Atlas’ president Jack Hesser, a microbiology and botany major, said each slate member represents a different part of the Bacteriophage T4 virus with the way they work together.
Late Nite Carnival 2015 will feature sixteen rides, a caricature artist, face painters, fireworks and more. Revelers can expect mild temperatures and negligible chances of rain, but eleven years ago, before the first Carnival, Late Nite coordinators weren’t even sure there would be an event.
The Ball State football team will host its annual Cardinal and White Spring Game on April 18 at Scheumann Stadium.
Rekha Patterson, associate head coach for the Ball State women's basketball team, has been hired as the head women's basketball coach Southeast Missouri State.
On the second floor of the Art and Journalism Building, there is a particular hallway where glass display cases containing the work of student artists attract the eyes of students rushing to their next class.
BOSTON (AP) — People across Boston have paused for a moment of silence on the second anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings to remember those who were killed. Church bells tolled at 2:49 p.m.
One bike store owner considers an updated bicycle code an improvement for Muncie, but still thinks the city has room to improve.
Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison April 15 in a deadly late-night shooting, sealing the downfall of an athlete who once had a $40 million contract and a standout career ahead of him.
Gilbert, a freshman running back, graduated from Arsenal Tech High School in December 2014 and began classes at Ball State in the spring 2015 semester. He is working with the team in spring practice to try and get a leg up in the team's starting tailback competition.
The truth comes out at 8:30 p.m. April 16 in the Student Center Tally, as the kNOw More Secrets project breaks open old diary locks, recovers middle-school poetry and shows off embarrassing childhood artifacts to open up its participants to an audience of support and understanding.
When he was four years old, the future president of the Student Government Association made a contract with himself stating that after college, he would move to Los Angeles to pursue acting. And 17 years later, Jack Hesser, a junior microbiology and botany major, plans to keep that promise. “I’m going to do it because I don’t want four year old Jack to be disappointed in me.
Holocaust survivor Martha Raviv addressed her gathered audience with a thick, Hebrew accent. “In order to tell you my story, I have to tell you the origin,” she said.
The Ball State softball team appeared to have Butler beat. Up 4-2 with two outs in the seventh and final inning, Butler's Riley Carter hit a two-run home run and tied the game. Bulldogs' pitcher Kristin Gutierrez shut down a Cardinals' offense in the four extra innings of play to earn the win. Butler's offense also struggled against Ball State's Kelsey Schifferdecker, who saw her first extended period of play since returning from injury.
After each game, the Ball State coach gets emailed on/off statistics for the game – how the team performed with certain players on or off the court.
The Ball State Men's Volleyball is the first of nine Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association teams to finish their regular season, as the young Cardinals now prepare for the postseason. After defeating McKendree in the final regular season game, the Cardinals enter post season with a 13-15 overall record and currently sit in sixth place in the MIVA with a 6-10 record. The final placement for the Cardinals is uncertain and they will not know who they are playing in the conference tournament until the remainder of the conference games conclude this weekend.
Students accepted to Ball State aren’t receiving the decade-old “Education Redefined” tagline on letters like students before them.
The Ball State softball team swept the Mid-American Conference West Division weekly awards after a 5-1 record last week.
